| Current event or competition: 2023 World Taekwondo Championships | |
| Competition details | |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Taekwondo |
| Type | kyourugui, biennial |
| Organiser | World Taekwondo (WT) |
| History | |
| First edition | 1973 in Seoul, South Korea |
| Editions | 26 (2023) |
| Most wins |  South Korea (176 golds) |
The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by World Taekwondo. [1]
1 Wuxi, China, was originally selected to host the 2021 World Taekwondo Championships. Due to the impact of the Global COVID-19 pandemic, Wuxi gave up hosting the World Taekwondo Championship. In Early 2022, Guadalajara, Mexico was selected as a replacement host and the 2025 championship was scheduled to be held in Wuxi, China, instead.
Updated after the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 176 | 35 | 37 | 248 |
| 2 |  Spain | 23 | 29 | 68 | 120 |
| 3 |  Turkey | 18 | 22 | 37 | 77 |
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei | 15 | 29 | 40 | 84 |
| 5 |  Iran | 15 | 21 | 27 | 63 |
| 6 |  United States | 14 | 22 | 49 | 85 |
| 7 |  China | 14 | 17 | 18 | 49 |
| 8 |  France | 8 | 11 | 17 | 36 |
| 9 |  Great Britain | 8 | 10 | 13 | 31 |
| 10 |  Mexico | 7 | 32 | 37 | 76 |
| 11 |  Thailand | 6 | 9 | 16 | 31 |
| 12 |  Croatia | 5 | 6 | 21 | 32 |
| 13 |  Netherlands | 4 | 5 | 16 | 25 |
| 14 |  Cuba | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 15 |  Serbia | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 16 |  Azerbaijan | 4 | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| 17 |  Russia | 3 | 13 | 18 | 34 |
| 18 |  West Germany | 3 | 8 | 19 | 30 |
| 19 |  Italy | 3 | 5 | 16 | 24 |
| 20 | Germany | 3 | 4 | 16 | 23 |
| 21 |  Uzbekistan | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 22 |  Denmark | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 23 |  Egypt | 2 | 3 | 15 | 20 |
| 24 |  Ivory Coast | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 25 |  Hungary | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 26 |  Mali | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 27 |  Canada | 1 | 11 | 14 | 26 |
| 28 |  Brazil | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 |
| 29 |  Greece | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 30 |  Ecuador | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 31 |  Australia | 1 | 1 | 18 | 20 |
| 32 |  Japan | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| – |  Individual Neutral Athletes a | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 33 |  World Taekwondo Federation b | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 |  Belgium | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 35 |  Gabon | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 36 |  Niger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 |  Philippines | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 38 |  Morocco | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 39 |  Jordan | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 40 |  Puerto Rico | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 41 |  Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 42 |  Chile | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 43 |  Indonesia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 44 |  Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 45 |  Argentina | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 47 |  Israel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Portugal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 49 |  Bahrain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Guam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 52 |  Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 53 |  Sweden | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 54 |  Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 55 |  Colombia | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
 Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 57 |  Belarus | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
 Norway | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
 Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 60 |  Austria | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Senegal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
 Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
 Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 64 |  Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Latvia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Moldova | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Nepal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 72 |  Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uganda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (76 entries) | 360 | 360 | 720 | 1440 | |
The tables shows those who have won at least 3 gold medals at the World Championships. Boldface denotes active taekwondo practitioners and highest medal count among all taekwondo practitioners (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
| Rank | Taekwondo practitioner | Country | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven López | United States | 72 kg / 78 kg / 80 kg | 2001 | 2009 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| 2 | Choi Yeon-ho | South Korea | 54 kg | 2001 | 2009 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| Jeong Kook-hyun | South Korea | 73 kg / 76 kg | 1982 | 1987 | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| 4 | Bahri Tanrıkulu | Turkey | 78 kg / 84 kg / 87 kg | 1999 | 2009 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Lee Dae-hoon | South Korea | 63 kg / 68 kg | 2011 | 2019 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Jin Seung-tae | South Korea | 50 kg / 54 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| Kim Je-kyoung | South Korea | +83 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Kim Tae-hun | South Korea | 54 kg | 2013 | 2017 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Kim Yong-ki | South Korea | 58 kg / 56 kg | 1977 | 1982 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Yang Dae-seung | South Korea | 70 kg | 1987 | 1991 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| Rank | Taekwondo practitioner | Country | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brigitte Yagüe | Spain | 51 kg / 47 kg / 49 kg | 2001 | 2011 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Cho Hyang-mi | South Korea | 65 kg / 63 kg | 1991 | 1999 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 |
| Bianca Cook (Walkden) | Great Britain | +73 kg | 2015 | 2023 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Jung Myoung-sook | South Korea | +70 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
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